aquamarine
aquamarine
aquamarine noun & adjective. E18
[from Latin aqua marina seawater.
A. noun
A bluish-green variety of beryl. E18
The colour of this. M19
b. adjective. Having the colour of aquamarine. M19
? The earlier equivalent was AIGUE-MARINE from French.
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Aquamarine Category:medicine
aquamarine
<chemical> A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
aquamarine
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: aqua marina 'sea water'
[U and C] a greenish blue jewel, or the type of stone it comes fromrn [U] a greenish blue colourrn-- aquamarine adj
aquamarine
Pale greenish blue or bluish green variety of beryl that is valued as a gemstone
rnThe most common variety of gem beryl, it occurs in pegmatites, in which it forms much larger and clearer crystals than emerald, the dark green variety of beryl. Aquamarine occurs in Brazil, which is the chief source, and in such other sites as the Ural Mountains, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, and Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Colorado in the U.S. Heat treatment is commonly used to improve the colour of gem beryls.
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aquamarine noun & adjective. E18
[from Latin aqua marina seawater.
A. noun
A bluish-green variety of beryl. E18
The colour of this. M19
b. adjective. Having the colour of aquamarine. M19
? The earlier equivalent was AIGUE-MARINE from French.
rn
Aquamarine Category:medicine
aquamarine
<chemical> A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
aquamarine
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: aqua marina 'sea water'
[U and C] a greenish blue jewel, or the type of stone it comes fromrn [U] a greenish blue colourrn-- aquamarine adj
aquamarine
Pale greenish blue or bluish green variety of beryl that is valued as a gemstone
rnThe most common variety of gem beryl, it occurs in pegmatites, in which it forms much larger and clearer crystals than emerald, the dark green variety of beryl. Aquamarine occurs in Brazil, which is the chief source, and in such other sites as the Ural Mountains, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, and Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Colorado in the U.S. Heat treatment is commonly used to improve the colour of gem beryls.
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